Autographs of Barnes Wallis
Sir Barnes Neville Wallis CBE FRS RDI FRAeS (26 September 1887 – 30 October 1979) was an English engineer and inventor. He is best known for inventing the bouncing bomb used by the Royal Air Force in Operation Chastise (the "Dambusters" raid) to attack the dams of the Ruhr Valley during World War II. More about Barnes Wallis
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Barnes Wallis was born in Ripley, Derbyshire, to Charles William George Robinson Wallis (1859–1945) and his wife Edith Eyre Wallis née Ashby (1859–1911). He was educated at Christ's Hospital in Horsham and Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham Boys' Grammar School in southeast London, leaving school at seventeen to start work in January 1905 at Thames Engineering Works at Blackheath, southeast London. He subsequently changed his apprenticeship to J. Samuel White's, the shipbuilders based at Cowes on the Isle of Wight. He originally trained as a marine engineer and in 1922 he took a degree in engineering via the University of London External Programme. Read even more about Barnes Wallis at Wikipedia
Traded items with a signature of Barnes Wallis
In total, we tracked 225 items since 01/09/2012. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Barnes Wallis (RAF HA6 SIR BARNES WALLIS SIGNED OWN HISTORIC AVIATORS COVER) was sold in August 2021 for £450.00 while the cheapest item (RARE - BARNES WALLIS HISTORIC AVIATORS COVER SIGNED BY BARON VENTRY) found a new owner for £0.99 in September 2018. The month with the most items sold (9) was February 2016 with an average selling price of £59.95 for an autographed item of Barnes Wallis. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in August 2021 with £424.50 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £4.99 was July 2023. In average, an autographed item from Barnes Wallis is worth £79.00.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Barnes Wallis were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Item Title | Price | Store | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1976 Sir Barnes Wallis cover signed Richard Todd 40th Anniversary Wellington | £5.00 | |
| 1999 Sir Barnes Wallis cover signed F/Lt Hubert Norman Evans DFC. 1 of 16 covers | £6.48 | |
| 1999 Sir Barnes Wallis cover signed Sqn Ldr John Leslie Munro-Dambuster. 1 of 20 | £6.39 | |
| 1999 Sir Barnes Wallis cover signed T/Warrant Officer Reginald Blagdon. | £4.80 | |
| 1999 Sir Barnes Wallis cover signed Wing Cdr John Richard Bell MBE DFC. | £1.22 | |
| 617 Dambuster & Barnes Wallis Signed Les Munro Dambuster Pilot, | £26.95 | |
| Barnes Wallis, Autograph Signature 1967, Some Damage, #3 | £20.00 | |
| Barnes Wallis, Autograph Signature 1967, Some Damage, #4 | £20.00 | |
| Dam Busters Bouncing Bomb Inventor SIR BARNES WALLIS CBE Signed on own RAF Cover | £149.99 | |
| SC26b 1st RAF Night Bomber Sqn Signed by Sir Barnes Wallis (Dambuster Bomb) | £159.00 | |
Latest News about Barnes Wallis
Barnes Wallis students set for their American dream (04/09/15): Tattershall-based Barnes Wallis Academy have launched a Space Camp Competition in order to select two Year 9 students to go on the trip of a lifetime - to Space Camp USA in Kentucky, this summer.
Commonwealth champion inspires Barnes Wallis pupils (04/05/15): Seven–time Commonwealth medalist Anthony Clark has been helping to inspire youngsters at of Barnes Wallis Academy as park of Sky Sports, Living for Sport project.
Unexploded shells dug up by black Labrador named Barnes Wallis (03/17/15): The 40lb shells, which are believed to date from the 1860s, were dug up by a black Labrador named after Sir Barnes Wallis - the inventor of the bouncing bomb in Sandwich Bay, Kent. 
Olympic star Ben inspires Barnes Wallis students (02/17/15): Six talented sports students from Barnes Wallis Academy experienced an inspirational day at Nottingham University led by Ben Pipes, Team GB’s 2012 Olympic Men’s Volleyball Captain.